Study Guide for Exam 1 - Construction Planning and Scheduling | CE 32100, Study notes of Civil Engineering

Download Study Guide for Exam 1 - Construction Planning and Scheduling | CE 32100 and more Study notes Civil Engineering in PDF only on Docsity! Study Guide for CE 321 Exam I Thursday, October 9, 2008 This list outlines the items that may be covered in Exam I, which encompasses material noted on the syllabus from the Introduction/Overview to Professional Ethics. Due to our time limit, some items may be excluded from the final version of the exam. However, be prepared to do the following:  Discuss or list advantages and disadvantages of bar charts and network diagrams  Explain types (categories) of activities and constraints on defining activities  Explain the work breakdown structure concept and its relation to activities in the project schedule  Construct an arrow diagram from given activity relationships  Construct a precedence diagram from given activity relationships  Calculate ES, LS, EF, LF, TF, FF for arrow diagrams and identify the critical path  Calculate ES, LS, EF, LF, TF, FF for precedence diagrams and identify the critical path  Model or otherwise demonstrate understanding of precedence diagram activity relationships other than finish-to-start (including calculation of time)  Remove redundancies from a list of activities and the ones upon which they depend  Demonstrate understanding of how to estimate appropriate activity durations (may involve calculation)  Explain/discuss time issues in contract clauses which address level of detail, ownership of float, time units, liquidated damages, and delays.  Be able to define [professional] ethics and to state at least two of the affirmations in the AIC Code of Ethics. The exam will be closed book, closed notes. It is critical that you demonstrate your understanding of the scheduling parameters (calculations) in network diagrams, so formulas for event times and floats will NOT be provided.